[SOLVED] Airlink 101 USB Wireless on Ubuntu 9.10

Jeff91 · 01-27-2010, 12:14 PM

Howdy All,

So I recently obtained a USB wifi card, an Airlink 101 USB device. When I attach it to my Ubuntu system it is recognized by the network manager and it can see my wifi network - however it is unable to connect. When I enter the passcode for my wifi it spins trying to connect and then spits it back to me telling me I need to reenter the password after a few moments - I am 100% sure the password is correct. I tried the device on two different Ubuntu systems (one 32bit and one 64bit) and achieved the same results on each.

I can confirm the wifi itself works as I am typing from my laptop connected to it as we speak...

~Jeff

Jeff91 · 01-30-2010, 10:22 AM

I think I've gained some insight into why the Wireless card does not connect properly - for some reason when I do an lsusb it lists the card as an atheros device even though it is a ralink chipset... Could this be causing the kernel to be using the wrong driver for the card? If so how do I go about telling my system that it is actually a different card than has been automatically recognized?

Regards,
~Jeff

Davno · 02-01-2010, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff91

I think I've gained some insight into why the Wireless card does not connect properly - for some reason when I do an lsusb it lists the card as an atheros device even though it is a ralink chipset... Could this be causing the kernel to be using the wrong driver for the card? If so how do I go about telling my system that it is actually a different card than has been automatically recognized?

Regards,
~Jeff

Atheros/Ralink is related.
Post your lsusb to see your card and then lsmod to see the module that is loaded for it.
A little google will tell you wich driver to use for that card.

Jeff91 · 02-01-2010, 11:42 PM

Output from the two suggested commands:

Code:

oem@mintmedia ~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0ecd:a100 Lite-On IT Corp. LDW-411SX DVD/CD Rewritable Drive
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c512 Logitech, Inc. LX-700 Cordless Desktop Receiver
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0471:0815 Philips eHome Infrared Receiver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0421:01c8 Nokia Mobile Phones 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 14b2:3c27 Atheros Communications Inc 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
oem@mintmedia ~ $ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_deflate             4732  0 
zlib_deflate           20088  1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp                5436  0 
ppp_async               8860  1 
cdc_ether               4924  0 
usbnet                 17188  1 cdc_ether
cdc_phonet              5308  0 
cdc_acm                16544  3 
mii                     5212  1 usbnet
phonet                 18308  1 cdc_phonet
rt2870sta             488820  0 
arc4                    1660  2 
ecb                     2524  2 
rt2800usb              37372  0 
rt2x00usb              11548  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              29756  2 rt2800usb,rt2x00usb
input_polldev           3716  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              181236  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
cfg80211               93052  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
crc_ccitt               1852  2 ppp_async,rt2800usb
binfmt_misc             8356  1 
ppdev                   6688  0 
dm_crypt               12928  0 
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi     4828  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   203328  1 
snd_hda_intel          26920  2 
snd_hda_codec          75708  3 snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               7200  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            37920  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16028  1 snd_pcm_oss
iptable_filter          3100  0 
snd_pcm                75296  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
ip_tables              11692  1 iptable_filter
snd_seq_dummy           2656  0 
snd_seq_oss            28576  0 
snd_seq_midi            6432  0 
snd_rawmidi            22208  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6940  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                50224  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              22276  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
x_tables               16544  1 ip_tables
snd_seq_device          6920  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse                56180  0 
acer_wmi               15936  0 
snd                    59204  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
lirc_mceusb            15520  0 
lp                      8964  0 
serio_raw               5280  0 
k8temp                  4188  0 
led_class               4096  2 rt2x00lib,acer_wmi
lirc_dev               10804  1 lirc_mceusb
i2c_nforce2             6784  0 
shpchp                 32272  0 
parport                35340  2 ppdev,lp
soundcore               7264  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          9156  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
dm_raid45              84228  0 
xor                    15620  1 dm_raid45
hid_logitech            8412  0 
ff_memless              5188  1 hid_logitech
usbhid                 38208  1 hid_logitech
ohci1394               29900  0 
usb_storage            52544  0 
ieee1394               86596  1 ohci1394
forcedeth              54152  0 
video                  19380  0 
output                  2780  1 video

Suggestions?
~Jeff

Jeff91 · 02-02-2010, 02:08 PM

Solution involves blacklisting certain kernel modules for the ra2870 and installing the drivers from ralinktech.com as described here

Cheers!
~Jeff

Bill Looney · 03-17-2011, 05:59 PM

Thanks for the direction.

notnubi · 04-22-2011, 10:49 PM

I was just looking at your post... i noticed you are running an atheros adapter (most likely came as "features" on your laptop aka

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 14b2:3c27 Atheros Communications Inc

I had incredible trouble with this little jerk running windows 7 .... i finally had to upgrade from older Airlink equipment to the newest. the router now accepts the atheros adapter and i am running usb's on the other desktops.